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College wrestler, 20, dead after being refused water and ‘Ignored’ during ‘Punishment practice’

College WrestlerThe University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky will pay $14.1 million to the family of Grant Brace, a college wrestler who died following a ‘punishment practice’ in 2020. Brace, 20, passed away due to a heat stroke after a ‘punishment practice’ held by the team’s coaches per a report from CNN. Coaches Jordan Countryman and Jake […]

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The University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky will pay $14.1 million to the family of Grant Brace, a college wrestler who died following a ‘punishment practice’ in 2020.

Brace, 20, passed away due to a heat stroke after a ‘punishment practice’ held by the team’s coaches per a report from CNN. Coaches Jordan Countryman and Jake Sinkovics “ignored Grant’s deteriorating medical condition throughout practice,” per the lawsuit filed by Brace’s family. Countryman and Sinkovics also reportedly prevented Brace’s teammates from assisting him despite multiple pleas for help and eventually sent him out of the practice alone. He attempted to get water from a nearby fountain that was out of service. He also attempted to enter a building in a desperate attempt for help but was unable to gain entry and collapsed shortly after.

Roughly 45 minutes after being removed from the practice, Countryman and Sinkovics began looking for the college wrestler. Brace was found dead “with his hands clenched in the grass and dirt after a desperate and erratic search for assistance and water.” Per a report from Kentucky.com, the ‘punishment practice’ required wrestlers to sprint up and down ‘punishment hill’ for seven circuits. Brace completed multiple circuits before sitting down due to exhaustion. “I’m done. I can’t do this anymore,” Brace reportedly said before being excused.

University Will Honor College Wrestler Grant Brace with B.R.A.C.E. Protocol

The school opted to settle with the Brace family out of respect for their tragic and unnecessary loss despite a belief that they could adequately defend themselves against the claims.

“Grant was a talented, well-liked young man entering his junior year with a bright future ahead of him,” Chancellor Jerry Jackson said in a statement Wednesday. “Our University community continues to mourn his untimely loss. We sincerely hope that resolving this matter early in the legal process will offer the Brace family a measure of peace and healing.”

The settlement will also require the school to implement the B.R.A.C.E Protocol, a program that will educate “coaches and athletes about exertional heat strokes in order to prevent further heat-related deaths.”

MMA Fighter Rescues His Wife & Her Sister From Deadly Tornado

MMAAn MMA fighter in Kentucky was able to pull off a real-life act of heroism by saving his wife, sister-in-law, and several others who found themselves trapped in a candle factory that was leveled by a devastating hurricane. Brian Brooks, an MMA veteran of 14 years, was at home lying in his bed Friday night, […]

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An MMA fighter in Kentucky was able to pull off a real-life act of heroism by saving his wife, sister-in-law, and several others who found themselves trapped in a candle factory that was leveled by a devastating hurricane.

Brian Brooks, an MMA veteran of 14 years, was at home lying in his bed Friday night, while his daughter and granddaughter were in a bathtub with helmets, pillows, and blankets to protect themselves from a tornado wreaking havoc upon his hometown of Mayfield, Kentucky. Tornadoes have been flattening and destroying entire communities across multiple states, especially Friday and Saturday. At least 74 people died in Kentucky, which was hit the hardest, and at least another 100 were missing, according to State Gov. Andy Beshear.

“It’s a miracle I even found them,” Brooks told Fox News. “I don’t know how it happened.”

Brooks went on to explain how the tornado had devastated the entirety of his local area, but had somehow just avoided his own house.

“Then, I get a phone call,” Brooks said. “It’s my wife. She calls and tells me she loves me, that she’s trapped, and they’re smashed. And she hung up.” “I jumped in the truck and flew to them”, Brooks said.

When Brian Brooks arrived at the scene, the factory could only be described as completely demolished.

“It was like the worst war movie you see on TV. The people that were screaming that you could not see in the dark,” Brooks said.

All he knew was that his wife had said she was in the women’s bathroom of said factory.

“I just started climbing and finding people, just helping everybody I could,” Brooks explained.

Brooks said he reached out to screaming people, being careful where he stepped and pulled workers out of the rubble. He was unsure how many he helped.

It was actually Brooks’ sister-in-law who noticed him, owing to the unique footwear that he likes to sport. He said he has footwear in a variety of colors.

“She knew it was me … she started hollering, ‘Brian,’” Brooks said.”I was like, ‘Oh my God,’ and started trying to pull, but, the roof, candle wax barrels, bathroom walls, rafters, everything was on top of them,” he told Fox News.

He tried to pry and pull, but the pipes and poles were all too long. Then, “some officers, thank God, they got me a crowbar.” Brooks was eventually able to get them out. His wife and her sister were sent to the hospital straight away to make sure they were alright.

Thankfully, they were indeed okay, as Brooks said that they returned home Monday “a little banged up, bruised, sore and just a lot of heartache. They didn’t think they were ever going to see us again,” the MMA fighter said. “I’m so grateful … I just want to say my prayers for everybody who wasn’t so lucky.” Were it not for the actions and quick thinking of Brian Brooks, who knows how much worse this terrible incident might have been.

A spokesman for the factory sadly later confirmed that 8 people lost their lives owing to the terrible tornado.

UFC on Versus 3 Weigh-In Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 22 fighters for Thursday’s UFC on Versus 3 card hit the scales Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., and all of them made their required weights. The weigh-in event for the UFC’s debut in the Bluegrass State took place at the Kentucky Int…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 22 fighters for Thursday’s UFC on Versus 3 card hit the scales Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., and all of them made their required weights. The weigh-in event for the UFC’s debut in the Bluegrass State took place at the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville.

Main event fighters Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann each weighed in at 171 pounds for their welterweight bout. In the co-main event, former Division I All-Americans CB Dollaway and Mark Munoz meet in a clash of elite wrestlers. Dollaway weighed 185 for the middleweight contest; Munoz was 186.

Two fighters needed to remove their shorts completely in order to make their limits. Bantamweight Damacio Page weighed in at 136 on his second try for his fight with former WEC champion Brian Bowles. And Reuben Duran also needed a second attempt to make 136 for his fight with Takeya Mizugaki.